Europe off to poor start in Solheim Cup

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Annika Sorenstam and Laura Davies, the top two points-scorers in Solheim Cup history, were both beaten as holders America won the opening session 2½-1½ at Halmstad in Sweden.

Cold and windy conditions were thought to favour the home side - there was rain as well - but that was not the way it went in the morning foursomes. Sorenstam and Scot Catriona Matthew lost four and two to wild card pick Laura Diaz and Sherri Steinhauer, while Davies and debutant Becky Brewerton, the first Welsh player to appear in the event, went down two and one to Juli Inkster and Paula Creamer